Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Embanked enclosure — Ballyglass (athlone North By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
View what I want to do
No photo yet

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1837 ed. and as a D-shaped area (dims c. 35m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, Situated at the crest of a N-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level, but a saddle quern (dims 0.46m x 0.44m; H 0.22m) from here with a steep-sided oval depression (dims 0.33m x 0.22m) on one surface is kept at a nearby farmhouse. Rath (RO045-013----) is c. 50m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.